I will be holding Greek lessons for you all that want to learn Greek, you do not have to do this, if your new at greek then this is a fantastic place to start!, yet if your not that new at Greek then you can join in later if you want, at more advanced lessons. I will start the lessons as soon as i can i hope you enjoy them!!

If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions please say!, and i will read them and we might do them!

Melissa xxx

Lesson 1: Greetings and Expressions of Courtesy.

Χαιρετισμοί και εκφράσεις ευγενείας.



Expressions:



Please -- παρακαλώ (parakalo)

Thank you -- σ' ευχαριστώ , σας ευχαριστώ (s'efcharisto (informal), sas efcharisto (polite)

You're welcome -- παρακαλώ (parakalo)

Excuse me -- με συγχωρείς/με συγχωρείτε (me sinchoris (informal) / me sinchorite (polite))

I'm sorry-- λυπάμαι (lipame)

Good luck-- καλή τύχη(kali tichi)



Greetings:




Hello—Γειά σου / Γειά σας (Yassou (informal) / Yassas (polite))

See you later— τα λέμε αργότερα (ta leme aryotera: it’s like talk to you later!!!)

See you tomorrow— Τα λέμε αύριο (ta leme avrio: it’s like talk to you tomorrow!!!!)

Good-bye—Αντίο / Γειά (Andio / Ya)

Good morning/good day—καλημέρα (kalimera)

Good evening—καλησπέρα (kalispera)

Good night-- καληνύχτα (kalinichta)

I am pleased to meet you.—Χαίρομαι που σε γνωρίζω / Χαίρομαι που σας γνωρίζω (Cherome pu se ynorizo (informal) / Cherome pu sas ynorizo(polite))



Conversation:



Maria: Πώς σε λένε? (Pos se lene; - what is your name?)

Panos: Με λένε Πάνο. (Me lene Pano - My name is Panos.)

Maria: μιλάς ελληνικά, έτσι δεν είναι? (milas ellinika, etsi then ine; You speak Greek, isn’t that so (don’t you)?)

Panos: ναι, μιλώ ελληνικά (ne, milo ellinika - Yes, I speak Greek.)

-*-*-*-*-*-*-

Mrs. Anna: Πώς είστε? (Pos iste; how are you? - polite)

Mr. Yannis: Πολύ καλά, σας ευχαριστώ, εσείς? (Poli kala, sas efcharisto, esis; Very well, thank you, and you? - polite)

Mrs. Anna: έτσι κ’ έτσι. (so and so.)

-*-*-*-*-*-*-

Eleni: μιλάς ελληνικά? (milas ellinika; - do you speak Greek?)

Ginna: Όχι, δεν μιλώ ελληνικά. (Ochi, then milo ellinika - No, I don't speak Greek.)





Other Languages:

French—Γαλλικά(Yallika)

English—Αγγλικά (Agglika)

German—Γερμανικά (Yermanika)

Spanish—Ισπανικά (Ispanika)

Russian—Ρώσικα (Rossika)





QuotefortheLesson: Κάντε πάντα το καλύτερο που μπορείτε

*Always try your best



EXERCISES:

A) Τί σημαίνουν τα παρακάτω στα ελληνικά? What do the following mean in Greek?



1] Πώς σε λένε?

2] Ρώσικα

3] Πώς είστε?

4] Γειά σου

5] Καληνύχτα

6] Καλημέρα

7] Αντίο

8] Μιλάς ελληνικά;

9] Τα λέμε αργότερα

10] Σ’ ευχαριστώ



B) Επιλέξτε τη λέξη που δεν ταιριάζει. Choose the word that does not fit.



1.

λυπάμαι

καλή τύχη

Γαλλικά



2.

καλημέρα

έτσι κ’ έτσι

καλησπέρα





3.

ισπανικά

ναι

γερμανικά

I tried doing the excersise and i got stuck
I am not getting the letters :/ .. can you post the greek letter and their corresponding english letters, it would make it much easier on me

*hugglesmasister*

*shooooooooocheshersistalikewoooooooooaaaaaaaah*

The whole lesson thingy needs some editing but since you asked me to, I will put the Greek letters and how they are pronounced. As for a way to write them without copy/paste which is not the best of fun i'll say what i said at the Romanian Forum. I don't really know if this will help you but it helped me with Romanian letters.

You just have to click at your language bar (bottom right) ----> settings ----> and choose to add the Greek keyboard. You just have to find out practicing where the corresponding Greek letter is in your keyboard. Another way to do it is go to Control panel ----> languages and add it from there. You'll have to change keyboards between english and greek.

I hope this helped. Muwaaaaaah!!! I'll return with the Greek letters in a few minutes.

I'll give you here the Greek ABC (capital, lowercase) and the pronouncation

Α α (A a - cat)

Β β (like english "v")

Γ γ (like y in "yawn")

Δ δ (like th in "the")

Ε ε (like e in "bed")

Ζ ζ (Z z )

Η η ("see")

Θ θ (like th in "thunder")

Ι ι ("see") not stressed

Κ κ (K k)

Λ λ (like L l )

Μ μ (M m)

Ν ν (N n)

Ξ ξ (X x)

O o (O o)

Π π (P p)

Ρ ρ (R r)

Σ σ (and ς at the end of words) (S s)

Τ τ (T t)

Υ υ ("see")

Φ φ (F f or ph in philosophy)

Χ χ (Η in "hundred" stressed more or German Ich)

Ψ ψ (ps in ps in gaps)

Ω ω (another form of o) is sounds a lil more stressed a lil though that's mostly unnoticable but it's there.

There are also diphthongs (combination of two vowels or consonants that make one sound) but I'll give them to you another time.

It's important that when we stress a syllable we put an accent mark *΄*

ex. Καλό (kalo - "good")

Some Greeks today tend to eliminate the accent, especially on the news, but I'm totally against it. Ofcourse this is my opinion. There's a tendency to simplify Greek language, I know it's hard for most people to learn but the language loses a lot of its essence and beauty.

Capital Letters:

Α, Β, Γ, Δ, Ε, Ζ, Η, Θ, Ι, Κ, Λ, Μ, Ν, Ξ, Ο, Π, Ρ, Σ, Τ, Υ, Φ, Χ, Ψ, Ω

Lowercase Letters:

α, β, γ, δ, ε, ζ, η, θ, ι, κ, λ, μ, ν, ξ, ο, π, ρ, σ (ς at the end of words), τ,

υ, φ, χ, ψ, ω

*madtacklesglompsyoutothefloor*

Yay! these letters are very familiar to me, reminds me of calculus & physics XD hahah,
Alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, digamma, zeta, etc etc .. i missed those XD ..

Thanks for posting them, i am starting my practice, ill post my question as soon as i get stuck heheh XD


Siriana: *madlyluffshersista* . Take your time it won't go anywhere!!!!

*huggles Melissa && Siriana*

Thank you, I'm so glad this thread ish here.*nod-nod* I'm trying to get all of this in my poor little head. Thanks for posting it up. I luff Greek, although it does seem so difficult. *sigh*

Wish me Luck!

Maxie

Siriana: eeeeeeeeeeeek!!! I'm so glad you're here Maxshie!!!
Yup!!! me knows ish difficult. Has to do mostly with the letters being different. Me thinks of taping my shmexy voice for the pronunciation that will be fun

Ok so we have some expressions, the letters...what about numbers? I'll put up to ten for now and add some more later on
(remember the bold letters is where you stress the word - you can see the accent in greek words)

1 ένα (ena)
2 δύο (thio - th like in "then)
3 τρία (tria)
4 τέσσερα (tessera)
5 πέντε (pende)
6 έξι (exi)
7 επτά/εφτά (epta/efta)
8 οκτώ/οχτώ (okto/ohto)
9 εννιά/εννέα (enia/enea)
10 δέκα (theka - th like in "then)

thats confusing

Wow this is hard...
But I will def. be practicing! Especially because Siriana made the lessons so simple to understand! *taclkesglomp'sSirianalikemad*

eeeeeep!!! I know it's hard, well everyone says so s Emma luff for being here!!! would like to see some of your work with greek

Hey livinmylife glad you're here too...what's confusing?

I know some greek

Tpώγoω τα γλυκά και η σoκoλάτα!

Σας ευχαριστώ -- I have been taking some Greek lessons at an Orthodox church here this fall, so some of this is familiar, though I am not fluent enough for much conversation, I fear. I will keep trying -- this certainly gives me some motivation!

One question -- I read the suggestion farther up about the language bar at the bottom left. I don't see it, though. Help?

I am going to Greece this summer. I can't wait! ;D I want to see Meteor, Athens... But could you tell me something about some places which are worth seeing or learn me something in Greek, please? I will be very grateful! ;D

Kay: Going to Greece!? *is jealous*

The Parthenon is very nice. Anyways, I'm going to be continuing Greek Lessons now. I will post the first lesson soon.

Ok, I can't wait ;P

Here is my first lesson:

Right now we are going to learn food names.

Chocolate: Σοκολάτα
Ice Cream: Παγωτό
Cookies: Μπισκότα
Pasta: Ζυμαρικά
Cherries: Κεράσια
Fruit: Φρούτα
Vegetables: Λαχανικά
Dessert: Επιδόρπιο

Here are the exercises: What do these phrases mean?

[1] Απολαμβάνω το παγωτό με τα κεράσια για το επιδόρπιο.

[2] Αγαπώ τα μπισκότα με την αρωματική ουσία σοκολάτας!

[3] Τα φρούτα και τα λαχανικά είναι καλά για το σώμα σας.

Kαλή τύχη!

Hm... I think Greek is hard ;/ But I'll try ;P

Awesome! You're right, it is rather difficult....

I learned ancient Greek at school and forgot almost everything. I hope it doesn't bother you, when I talk in that peculiar way.
I try to refresh my Greek a bit, reading Herodotus, one page original, one page translation. (ok, translation most of the time, or else I'd stuck at the first page yet. ^_ ^)

So, the exercises:

1. I'd like ice cream and cherries for dessert.
2. I like chocolate cookies.
3. The fruits and vegetables are nice and ...

Hmm. για looks familiar, one of those nasty filling words, but I can't remember its meaning.

Thanks for your effort! = )

You're right on track! By the way, για means "for".

Anyone left?

I'm learning Biblical Greek and so now I'm confused. When did Γγ stop being g? Or did I miss something? It's still g on my keyboard when I use it to type Greek.

I thought Γ γ was G too, just when with ε or ι it becomes y, doesnt it? =S

well yeah technicly γ=g!i know it's difficult but it's a cool language!Καλή τύχη σε όλους=Good luck to you all!!!!

I'm going to memorize all those letters. If only i had a sound track of them